Free Beltane Ritual

Mini Lecture & Ritual

Friday, May 1, 2026

4:00 - 5:00 pm PST / 7:00 - 8:00 pm EST - Hosted by Morbid Anatomy

During Beltane, we do not simply celebrate fertility—we encounter the raw force of life itself.

This ancient fire festival—traditionally marked by bonfires, ecstatic rites, and the symbolic union of land and lover—reveals a deeper truth: that creation emerges not from purity, but from tension between opposites, between longing and restraint, between power and surrender.

In this lecture-ritual, mythologist Dr. Selena Madden will explore Beltane through the lens of the erotic archetypes—the Lover, the Sovereign, the Wild One, and the Dark Feminine and Masculine—as forces of initiation, not comfort.

Drawing from Celtic traditions, European folk practices, and depth psychology, we will move beyond the surface of “fertility” and into the liminal terrain of Eros—where desire destabilizes, awakens, and demands transformation.

An email will be sent to registrants with suggested ritual items. Nothing is mandatory. Only your presence and energy are required. This ritual is open to all spiritual traditions and practices.

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students unable to attend live.

Six Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom 

Mondays,  April 6, 13, 20, 27 & May 4, 11 2026
4:00 - 5:30pm PT (CA Time)
$150 Paid Patreon Members / $180 General Admission - Hosted by Morbid Anatomy

Part of the Witch's Circle series Myth, Memory & the Unseen Lineage: This class will explore the profound and often haunting question of where we come from — when bloodlines are known, when they are severed, and when they remain shrouded in mystery. Drawing from comparative mythology, archetypal psychology, ritual studies, and embodied practice, this course examines the many layers of ancestry: biological, mythic, adoptive, communal, and place-based.

The instructor was adopted at birth, and brings a deep understanding of what it means to carry a lineage that is both present and unknowable — a story held in the body without the continuity of family memory. This experience shapes the heart of the course’s inquiry: How do we reach for the ancestors when the trail is obscured? How do we cultivate belonging when our history is fragmented, hidden, or incomplete? What does it mean to inherit wounds, gifts, and memories we cannot name?

Over six weeks we will engage with mythic narratives, case studies, and cross-cultural ancestral traditions to illuminate the diverse ways humans understand lineage and kinship. Through conversation, somatic explorations, reflective writing prompts, and simple yet potent ritual practices, students will gain insight to identify their own ancestral layers—blood, chosen, cultural, spiritual, and land-based; learn methods for cultivating relationship with unknown or mysterious ancestors; examine the psychological and mythic dimensions of inherited memory, shadow, and identity; and explore how ritual and embodied practice create continuity where biography falters.

Students will leave the course with a multi-layered understanding of ancestry — including biological, mythic, adoptive, cultural, communal, and land-based lineages —as well as an arsenal of methods for engaging unknown, obscured, or severed ancestral lines. Students will also gain tools for somatic and intuitive ancestral work, learning how the body carries memory, inheritance, and the “felt sense” of lineage. They will also acquire simple ritual frameworks for building or deepening one’s own ancestral practice at home, alongside insight into the psychology of the ancestral shadow, including inherited wounds, ghosts of memory, and patterns that echo across generations. 

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students unable to attend live.

Six Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom 

Tuesdays, May 26 - June 30, 2026
4:00 - 5:30pm PT (CA Time)
$150 Paid Patreon Members / $170 General Admission - Hosted by Morbid Anatomy

In the first iteration of this class, scholar and practitioner Selena Madden, PhD, introduced students to the essentials of European witchcraft and modern Paganism through hands-on ritual work and foundational magickal practices. Students gained the tools, knowledge, and confidence necessary to create and perform personal rituals, fostering meaningful and transformative spiritual growth.

This follow-up class (the first class is not a requirement) goes beyond the basics, delving into the mysteries of deity, archetype, and embodied ritual. Over six weeks, students will meet and work with deities and archetypes such as Artemis the Huntress, Freyja the Lover, Hekate the Witch, and Kali the Dark Goddess, learning to embody their powers through story and ritual. The course will deepen elemental magick by balancing Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit through altar work, invocation, and somatic practices. Participants will explore ancestral reverence, shadow work, and intuition, guided by Jungian and archetypal psychology, and will learn advanced divination techniques including candle magick, tarot, and oracle spreads, as well as how to craft incense and oils for ritual use. The Witch’s body will be reimagined as altar, vessel, and divinatory tool through movement, breathwork, and trance. Each session blends lecture, ritual, movement, and creative practice, culminating in group ceremonies and mythic storytelling.

Students need not have taken previous course, but should come to class with a basic understanding of the Craft, specifically casting circles, calling quarters, and the moral compass (although this will also be reviewed).

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students unable to attend live.